State/Public Elementary Open

Ben Gamla Charter School

๐Ÿ“ 11155 Sw 112th Ave, Miami, Miami-Dade County, 33176

245
Pupils

About this school

Ben Gamla Charter School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Miami, Miami-Dade County. The school has 245 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. It operates as a public charter school. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Miami-Dade

Enrollment & staffing

Ben Gamla Charter School enrolls 245 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female.

Male students
114 (47%)
Female students
131 (53%)
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 2% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino19981%
White3514%
Black or African American52%
Two or more races52%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

31 of the school's 245 students (13%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 14 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Kโ€“8Charter school

Ben Gamla Charter School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 40, state house district 115.

School district: MIAMI-DADE

Ben Gamla Charter School is one of 542 schools in MIAMI-DADE, based in MIAMI, Florida. The district serves 333,233 students district-wide and employs 16,606 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 245 students, Ben Gamla Charter School is smaller than the district average of about 615 students per school.

333,233
District students
542
Schools
16,606
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

77%
Reading proficient
67%
Math proficient
1%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Small

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